Researchers should note that there are gaps within the numbering scheme for volumes
included in this collection. Where there are gaps in the consecutive numbering scheme,
these volumes have been put in boxes for better care and handling.

The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts
by lawyer Willard Phillips. The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company was granted
a charter by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on April 1, 1835. The charter required
the new company to raise $100,000 in capital, half of which was to be paid in cash,
before it could operate. The ninety-eight subscribers who the raised capital elected
a Board of Directors in 1843. The Board appointed Boston, Massachusetts judge, former
lawyer and founder Willard Phillips as the president of the firm and Jonathan Amory,
the first secretary. On February 1, 1844, the new company issued thirteen life insurance
policies. The mutual life insurance concept was new to the United States, and New
England Life became very popular. The first annual report of the firm stated that
the company's "object is equality among the members, and a participation of the advantages
of the Company." Judge Phillips believed in principle over profit and established
policies including the right to waive forfeiture of a policy which had lapsed through
nonpayment of a premium and the right of a policyholder to surrender his policy and
receive an equitable cash settlement. The basic concepts of mutuality and equity among
members was a different approach. By 1858 the total insured policies passed $10 million
dollars.

New England Mutual Life's individual life insurance premiums were first calculated
by Harvard College mathematics professors Benjamin Pierce and James Hayward. Judge
Phillips sought a more concrete system for defining the value of individual premiums
and sent young mathematician Elizur Wright to London, England in 1844 to learn more
about the English practices. Wright had served in a consultant role to New England
Mutual for some years prior to his journey to London. After witnessing insurance policy
auctions, Elizur Wright returned to the United States with a desire to establish fair
and equitable practices in the insurance business. In 1853, Wright created his first
actuary tables establishing a scientific basis of the cash value of an individual
insurance policy. Wright believed that life insurance policies were very similar to
sinking-fund bonds and that insurance companies like municipal treasuries that issued
those bonds, should be subject to oversight. In 1858, the Massachusetts Legislature
adopted Wright's Net Valuation Law and three years later the Non-Forfeiture Act. These
laws put legal reserve requirements on a mathematical basis and established rules
of cash surrender values. To enforce the new law, Massachusetts Gov. Nathaniel Banks
appointed Elizur Wright as the first commissioner of the state insurance department,
a position he held for eight years.

Harnessing coastwise shipping and clipper ship activity cruising out of Boston, New
England Mutual Life expanded their business issuing policies in New Orleans, Mobile,
Charleston in 1844, San Francisco in 1849 and Oregon and the Hawaiian Islands in 1852.
During the Civil War, many policy holders residing in Southern states did not pay
premiums resulting in lapsed policies. After the war, New England Mutual reinstated
the policy holders without the required medical examination, stipulating only that
they had to pay the accumulated overdue premiums. This was another departure from
the normal business practices of insurance companies of the day and cemented New England
Mutual as a favorable company. Willard Phillips retired in 1865 and Benjamin F. Stevens
was elected as the second president. Stevens had served as secretary since 1848 and
was a natural choice to succeed the founder. Benjamin Stevens oversaw the growth of
the company when he organized the general agency system with insurance agents established
in major cities across the country. The general insurance agents were then organized
into state or regional groups. The new organization set into motion by Stevens resulted
in a large expansion of the company across the country. Stevens also oversaw the construction
of the new home office building built in 1875 at 87 Milk Street in Boston.

During the late 19th century and early 20th century, New England Mutual Life kept
expanding and issuing more policies. The company made new features available to policy
applicants and adjusted the requirements for insurance coverage. Some of the major
changes included lowering the minimum age required of a policy holder, an increased
amount of the policy limit ceiling and the addition of new types of policies including
premium benefits. With an economic decline and lapse after World War I and into the
1930s, New England Mutual stayed strong paying out premiums to policy holders while
banks and other financial institutions folded. George Smith, who served as president
of the firm from 1928 to 1951 wisely purchased treasury bonds, which helped secure
New England Mutual's financial health. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, however,
contained legislation that required New England Mutual to rethink its business model.
Instead of selling directly to individuals, group insurance and group annuities was
the wave of the future. The products offered by New England Mutual Life again were
transformed due to market forces.

In 1947 O. Kelley Anderson became the president of the firm. Anderson was previously
in the investment banking field and sought ways to introduce equity creation products.
The company shifted from offering the traditional products that provided income replacement
due to disability or death to products that created capital and enhanced already present
capital. An emphasis was placed on annuities, mutual funds, pension products and investment
products in addition to the group insurance plans. In 1968, New England Mutual bought
a majority stake in the investment counseling firm, Loomis, Sayles & Co. and entered
the real estate investment trust market in the 1970s. The company continued expanding
into different markets in order to offer more products to it's customers as well as
diversify holdings. In 1985, the firm posted it's first net loss, but quickly recovered
the next year.

New England Mutual Life Insurance company transformed from only offering individual
life insurance policies in 1844 to a full fledged financial services firm offering
life insurance, health insurance, property insurance, disability, wealth management,
investments, and mortgages in the 20th century. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
of New York purchased New England Mutual Life in 1996. New England Mutual Life continues
as a subsidiary of Met Life.

The records of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company consist of life insurance
policy applications, policy records, financial records, company communications and
administrative material relating to the 19th and 20th century Boston based insurance
firm. The collection is broken into five series, policy and agent records; financial
records; administrative records; Walter C. Wright papers; and communications. The
bulk of the material in the collection consists of insurance policy applications and
policy records dating from 1844 to the early 1900s. The applications and records are
contained in large bound volumes and organized by policy number and date of entry.
The financial records contain ledgers, cash books, real estate records, and valuations
on insurance policies and include material dating from 1844 to 1943. The bulk of the
administrative records consists of annual statements to the insurance commissioner
of the state of Massachusetts. There are also agency data books and personnel books
located in this series. Also included are volumes of company communication materials
and newsletters published by the firm for employees during the 20th century. The material
consists of multiple runs of company publications that were eventually merged together.
This material is arranged chronologically. Walter C. Wright's papers consist of scrapbooks
compiled by Wright about the insurance business and New England Mutual Life Insurance
company.

Scope and Contents: The policy and agent records include bound policy applications, policy records, and
policy registers pertaining to life insurance policies purchased by clients of the
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. Also included in this series are materials
related to insurance agents including rate books, guides, instructions and underwriting
tables. The material is arranged in three subseries.

Subseries IA. Policy application records, 1844-1896

Scope and Contents: This subseries contains the bound policy application record volumes of the New England
Mutual Life Insurance Company from 1844 to 1896. The policy applications were submitted
to the firm for different types of life insurance policies including lifetime policies,
term policies and military policies. The policy applications were used by the firm
to formulate insurance premiums paid by clients and took into account age, sex, health
and family medical history. The policy applications are arranged by policy application
number and also chronologically. There are some gaps and not all policy application
volumes are present.

Volume 1Policy applications 1, no. 1-500, 1844-1852

Separated Materials: The first 5 policy application records were removed from the volume and conserved
at New England Document Conservation Center prior to the material being acquired by
Baker Library Historical Collections. The policy applications are stored separately
in a mapcase.

Volume 2Policy applications 2, no. 501-1000, 1845-1846

Volume 3Policy applications 3, no. 1002-1500, 1846

Volume 4Policy applications 4, no. 1501-2000, 1848

Volume 5Policy applications 5, no. 2001-2500, 1848-1849

Volume 6Policy applications 6, no. 2501-3000, 1850

Volume 7Policy applications 7, no. 3001-3250, 1850

Volume 8Policy applications 8, no. 3251-3500, 1850-1851

Volume 9Policy applications 9, no. 3501-3750, 1851-1852

Volume 10Policy applications 10, no. 3751-4000, 1852

Volume 11Policy applications 11, no. 4001-4251, 1852-1853

Volume 12Policy applications 12, no. 4252-4500, 1853

Volume 13Policy applications 13, no. 4501-4744, 1853-1854

Volume 14Policy applications 20, no. 6250-6500, 1856

Volume 15Policy applications 21, no. 6501-6749, 1857

Volume 16Policy applications 23, no. 7001-7249, 1858

Volume 17Policy applications 24, no. 7250-7500, 1858

Volume 18Policy applications 25, no. 7501-7749, 1858-1859

Volume 19Policy applications 26, no. 7750-8000, 1859

Volume 20Policy applications 27, no. 8001-8249, 1859

Volume 21Policy applications 28, no. 8250-8500, 1860

Volume 22Policy applications 35, no. 10001-10250, 1860

Volume 23Policy applications 36, no. 10251-10500, 1860-1861

Volume 24Policy applications 37, no. 10501-10749, 1861

Volume 25Policy applications 38, no. 10750-11000, 1861

Volume 26Policy applications 39, no. 11001-11250, 1861

Volume 27Policy applications 40, no. 11251-11500, 1861-1862

Volume 28Policy applications 47, no. 13501-14000, 1863

Volume 447Policy applications 55, no. 17501-18000, 1865

Volume 448Policy applications 61, no. 20501-21000, 1866

Volume 449Policy applications 62, no. 21001-21500, 1866

Volume 450Policy applications 63, no. 21501-22000, 1866

Volume 29Policy applications 64, no. 22001-22500, 1866

Volume 30Policy applications 66, no. 23001-23500, 1866

Volume 31Policy applications 67, no. 23501-24000, 1866

Volume 32Policy applications 71, no. 25501-26000, 1866

Volume 33Policy applications 72, no. 26001-26500, 1866-1867

Volume 34Policy applications 73, no. 26501-27000, 1867

Volume 35Policy applications 74, no. 27001-27500, 1867

Volume 36Policy applications 75, no. 27501-28000, 1867

Volume 37Policy applications 76, no. 28001-28500, 1867

Volume 38Policy applications 77, no. 28501-29000, 1867

Volume 39Policy applications 98, no. 39001-39500, 1869

Volume 40Policy applications 99, no. 39501-40000, 1869

Volume 41Policy applications 100, no. 40001-40500, 1869-1870

Volume 42Policy applications 113, no. 46501-47000, 1870-1871

Volume 43Policy applications 114, no. 47001-47500, 1871

Volume 44Policy applications 115, no. 47501-48000, 1871

Volume 45Policy applications 116, no. 48001-48500, 1871

Volume 451Policy applications 123, no. 51501-52000

Volume 452Policy applications 124, no. 52001-52500

Volume 453Policy applications 125, no. 52501-53000

Volume 46Policy applications 129, no. 54501-55000, 1874-1875

Volume 47Policy applications 130, no. 55001-55500, 1875

Volume 48Policy applications 131, no. 55501-56000, 1875

Volume 49Policy applications 132, no. 56001-56500, 1875

Volume 50Policy applications 135, no. 57501-58000, 1876

Volume 51Policy applications 136, no. 58001-58500, 1876

Volume 52Policy applications 137, no. 58501-59000, 1877

Volume 53Policy applications 138, no. 59001-59500, 1877

Volume 54Policy applications 139, no. 59501-60000, 1877-1878

Volume 55Policy applications 140, no. 60001-60500, 1878

Volume 56Policy applications 143, no. 61501-62000, 1878

Volume 57Policy applications 144, no. 62001-62500, 1878-1879

Volume 58Policy applications 145, no. 62501-63000, 1879-1880

Volume 454Policy applications 152, no. 66001-66501, 1881-1882

Volume 455Policy applications 153a, no. 66501-66900, 1881

Volume 59Policy applications 153, no. 66501-67000, 1880

Volume 60Policy applications 154a, no. 67501-68000, 1882

Volume 61Policy applications 155, no. 68001-68500, 1882-1883

Volume 62Policy applications 166, no. 73001-73000, 1885

Volume 63Policy applications 194, no. 87001-87500, 1889

Volume 64Policy applications 195, no. 87501-88000, 1889-1890

Volume 65Policy applications 204, no. 92001-92500, 1890-1891

Volume 66Policy applications 205, no. 92501-93000, 1891

Volume 67Policy applications 240, no. 110001-110500, 1895

Volume 68Policy applications 241, no. 110501-111000, 1896

Subseries IB. Policy record books, 1844-1973

Scope and Contents: This subseries contains the bound policy record books of the New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company from 1844 to 1888. The policy record books make up the bulk of this
subseries and contain personal information about the policy holder including height,
weight, occupations, personal heath history, family health history, physical examination
policy premium and payments made towards the policy. Also included in this subseries
are four policy register books that contain summary information about life insurance
policies sold by New England Mutual Life between 1844 and 1888. The policy books are
arranged numerically and chronologically by policy number and date, respectively.
There are also a number of specimen policy books located in this subseries dating
from 1902 to 1973. These volumes contain policy document samples used by New England
Mutual Life for particular years. There are some gaps as not all years are represented.
The documents change font size, shape, color and language from year to year.

Volume 69Policy book A-1, no. 1-247, 1844

Separated Materials: The first 8 policy records were removed from the volume and conserved at New England
Document Conservation Center prior to the material being acquired by Baker Library
Historical Collections. The policies are stored separately in a mapcase.

Volume 70Policy book A-2, no. 248-1280, 1844-1846

Volume 71Policy book A-3, no. 1300-2267, 1846-1848

Volume 72Policy book A-5, no. 2387-3633, 1849-1851

Volume 73Policy book A-6, no. 3536-4609, 1851-1853

Volume 74Policy book A-6a, no. 4615-4862, 1853-1854

Volume 75Policy book A-7, no. 4864-5635, 1854-1855

Volume 76Policy book A-8, no. 5637-6330, 1855-1856

Volume 77Policy book A-9, no. 6331-7650, 1856-1857

Volume 78Policy book A-10, no. 7651-7776, 1858-1859

Volume 79Policy book A-11, no. 7777-8480, 1859

Volume 80Policy book A-12, no. 8481-9136

Volume 81Policy book A-13, no. 9137-9732

Volume 82Policy book A-14, no. 9734-10329, 1860

Volume 83Policy book A-15, no. 10330-10944, 1860-1861

Volume 84Policy book A-16, no. 10946-11529, 1861-1862

Volume 85Policy book A-29, no. 18862-19854, 1865

Volume 86Policy book A-32, no. 20946-21947, 1866

Volume 87Policy book A-33, no. 21949-23170, 1866

Volume 88Policy book A-34, no. 23171-23581, 1866

Volume 89Policy book A-36, no. 24614-25696, 1866

Volume 456Policy book A-38, no. 26709-27676, 1867

Volume 457Policy book A-39, no. 27677-28509, 1867

Volume 458Policy book A-40, no. 28510-29573, 1867

Volume 474Policy book A-??, no. 46080-47596

Volume 90Policy book A-67, no. 52053-52520, 1873

Volume 91Policy book A-68, no. 52538-53811, 1873-1874

Volume 92Policy book A-69, no. 53173-53838, 1874

Volume 93Policy book A-70, no. 53840-54550, 1844

Volume 94Policy book A-71, no. 54553-55215, 1844-1875

Volume 95Policy book A-72, no. 55217-55881, 1875

Volume 96Policy book A-73, no. 55882-56531, 1875-1876

Volume 97Policy book A-74, no. 56536-57178, 1876

Volume 98Policy book A-75, no. 57179-57768, 1876

Volume 99Policy book A-76, no. 57769-58383, 1876

Volume 100Policy book A-88, no. 64001-64500, 1880-1881

Volume 101Policy book A-89, no. 64501-65000, 1881

Volume 102Policy book A-96, no. 68001-68500, 1882

Volume 459Policy book A-108, no. 74001-74500, 1885

Volume 460Policy book A-109, no. 74501-75000, 1885

Volume 103Policy book A-150, no. 95001-95500, 1892

Volume 104Policy book B-1, no. 6650-17329, 1857

Volume 105Policy book B-2

Volume 461Policy book B-6, no. 25903-28505, 1867

Volume 462Policy book B-7, no., 28518-31302, 1867-1868

Volume 463Policy book B-8, no. 31307-35214, 1868

Volume 106Policy book B-9, 1868

Volume 107Policy book B-18, 1877

Volume 108Policy book C-1, 1857-1872

Volume 109Policy book C-9, no. 25049-26329, 1867

Volume 110Policy book C-10, no. 26331-27619, 1867

Volume 111Policy book C-11, no. 27643-28508, 1867

Volume 112Policy book C-12, 1867

Volume 113Policy book C-26, 1873

Volume 114Policy book D-1, 1867

Volume 115Policy book M-1, 1844-1850

Volume 116Policy book M-10, 1873

Volume 117Policy book T-1, 1840s

Volume 118Policy book T-2, 1840s

Volume 119Policy book T-11, 1862-1866

Volume 120Policy registers 1, 1844-1853

Volume 121Policy registers 2, 1866-1867

Volume 122Policy registers 3, 1880-1883

Volume 123Policy registers 4, 1884-1888

Volume 124Specimen policy book

Volume 125Specimen policy book, 1902-1907

Volume 126Specimen policy book, 1913

Volume 127Specimen policy book, 1919

Volume 128Specimen policy book, 1925

Volume 129Specimen policy book, 1931

Volume 130Specimen policy book, 1939

Volume 131Specimen policy book, 1945

Volume 132Specimen policy book, 1947

Volume 133Specimen policy book, 1954

Volume 134Specimen policy book standard riders, 1959

Volume 135Specimen policy book special class pt series, 1959

Volume 136Specimen policy books, 1963

Volume 442Specimen policy books, 1965

Box 39, Folder 2-3Specimen policy books, 1966-1967

Box 20, Folder 6Specimen policy books, 1973

Subseries IC. Agent records, 1863-1984

Scope and Contents: This series contains records produced or used by agents of New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company between 1863 and 1984. Included are insurance rate books, agent
guides and instructions, assignments and underwriting tables. The rate books were
published yearly and are arranged chronologically from 1883 to 1984. Not all years
are represented. The rates books, underwriting tables, valuation charts and premium
rates were used by field agents to calculate insurance premiums for customers.

Box 1, Folder 1Instructions to agents of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1867

Box 1, Folder 2Instructions to agents of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1869

Box 1, Folder 3Agent's aid, 1888

Box 1, Folder 4Agents sales aid "Many Methods", 1910-1915

Box 1, Folder 5Instructions to agents, 1914

Box 1, Folder 6Agents guide, 1947

Box 1, Folder 7Agents guide, 1958

Box 1, Folder 8General agents' association of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company roster,
1940

Box 1, Folder 9Annual statement record, 1886-1887

Box 1, Folder 10Premium rates, 1901

Series II. Financial records

Scope and Contents: This series contains the financial records of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
from 1844-1943. The bound volumes include ledgers, account books, trial balances,
cash books, bond and stock records, real estate records, distribution of funds and
firm valuation records. Much of the material in this series relates to financial investments
and loans made by the firm, however there is also material related to the general
financial health of the company.

The ledgers of accounts contain cash receipts and balances, policy receipts, and
entries for dividends, premiums, losses, and expenditures dating from 1844 to 1943.
The ledgers contain general information on the financial health fo the firm. The trial
balance books contain monthly listings of the name, amount and folio location of debts
and credits made by the firm. The volumes also include a general statement of the
affairs of the firm concerning investments and policyholders with outstanding premiums.
The policy ledgers contain records of payments on policies and are arranged by month
and year dating from 1867-1877. Recorded in the account books are monthly expenses
and expenditures from 1846 to 1907. The cash books contain cash paid and received
by the company from 1844-1855 and 1877-1899. Included in the six volumes of distribution
of surplus funds are the names of the amount that was distributed, policy number and
name of policy holder for the earliest volumes. New England Mutual invested conservatively
throughout its history. Financial investments of the firm are included in the bond
and stock record volumes, real estate journal and record volumes and loans on mortgages.
The two bond and stock record books contain information on loans made by New England
Mutual to cities, towns and states as well as loans made on collateral and on mortgages
from 1855-1889.

Box 1, Folder 11"Business in 1889": Copies of returns to Various States, 1889

Volume 183Policy ledger, 1867-1877

Volume 184Policy ledger, 1870-1877

Volume 185Ledger 1, 1844-1850

Volume 186Ledger 2, 1849-1863

Volume 187Ledger 3, 1863-1874

Volume 188Ledger 4, 1874-1880

Volume 189Ledger 5, 1881-1891

Volume 190Ledger 6, 1892-1897

Volume 191Ledger 7, August 1897-June 1909

Volume 192Ledger 8, July 1909-1916

Volume 193Ledger 9, 1917-1921

Volume 194Ledger 10, 1922-1927

Volume 195Ledger 11, 1928-1932

Volume 196Ledger 12, 1933-1937

Volume 197Ledger 13, 1938-1940

Volume 198Ledger 14, 1941-1943

Volume 199Cash book, 1844-1850

Volume 200Cash book, 1877-1899

Volume 201Trial balance no. 1, 1844-1855

Volume 202Bond and stock records, 1855-1887

Volume 203Bond and stock records, 1874-1889

Volume 204Real estate journal, 1900-1908

Volume 205Real estate journal, 1908-1926

Volume 206Real estate record, 1881-1882

Volume 207Real estate and mortgage loan records, 1886-1898

Volume 208Real estate and mortgage loan records, 1898-1911

Volume 209Real estate expense monthly summary, 1898-1932

Volume 210Real estate calculations cost, 1902-1913

Volume 211Loans on collateral, 1865-1882

Volume 212Loans on mortgages, 1855-1878

Volume 213First distribution of surplus funds, circa 1851

Volume 214Second distribution of surplus funds, 1853

Volume 215Third distribution of surplus funds, 1853

Volume 216Seventh distribution of surplus funds, 1858-1860

Volume 217Ninth distribution of surplus funds, 1870

Volume 218Shares of surplus, 1st-6th distribution, 1848-1867

Volume 219Annual valuation and distribution of surplus, 1870

Volume 220Annual valuation records, circa 1900-1911

Volume 221Agents' account book, 1875-1877

Volume 222Accounts book: annual summary of income and expenses, 1844-1900

Volume 223Licences and fees by state, 1891-1898

Volume 224Licenses and fees by state, 1899-1909

Volume 464Monthly statement account book 2, 1846-1853

Volume 465Monthly statement account book 3, 1853-1859

Volume 466Monthly statement account book 4, 1859-1869

Volume 467Monthly statement account book 5, 1869-1875

Volume 468Monthly statement account book 6, 1876-1881

Volume 469Monthly statement account book 7, 1881-1887

Volume 470Monthly statement account book 8, 1887-1893

Volume 471Monthly statement account book 9, 1893-1897

Volume 472Monthly statement account book 10, 1897-1905

Volume 473Monthly statement account book 11, 1905-1907

Series III. Administrative records

Scope and Contents: This series contains the administrative records of New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company from 1859 to 1999. The records include annual statements to the Massachusetts
insurance commissioner, personnel directories, agency data books, a photostatic copy
of the company charter and five volumes of newspaper clippings related to the insurance
industry. There is a law department volume that contains legal decisions affecting
policy loans and reinstatement of policies, 1898-1903. The agency data books are arranged
chronologically and provide a detailed view of agency offices throughout the United
States including financial information, personnel and location and contact information.
The personnel directories contain employee names, work title, department and home
address. There are two copies (a and b) of the annual statement to the Massachusetts
insurance commissioner dating from 1903 to 1999.

Scope and Contents: This series contains papers and scrapbooks compiled by longtime New England Mutual
Life actuary Walter C. Wright from 1867-1930. The scrapbooks contain assorted newspaper
and periodical articles about the insurance industry; articles about the New England
Mutual Life Insurance Company and its officers, agents and activities; insurance legislation
between 1883-1913; articles by and about Walter C. Wright; annual exhibits of the
business and assets of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company; and calculations,
notes and a small amount of correspondence.

Volume 348Walter C. Wright Rules and Notes, 1867-1879

Volume 349Walter C. Wright actuary tables, 1867-1879

Volume 350Walter C. Wright scrapbook 1, 1883-1889

Volume 351Walter C. Wright scrapbook 2, 1889-1896

Volume 352Walter C. Wright scrapbook 3, 1894-1900

Volume 353Walter C. Wright scrapbook 4, 1900-1913

Volume 354Walter C. Wright scrapbook 5, 1900-1909

Volume 355Actuarial Department scrapbook 1, 1895-1915

Volume 356Actuarial Department scrapbook 2, 1915-1930

Series V. Communications

Scope and Contents: This series contains communication material produced by New England Mutual Life including
The New England Pilot; 1915-1941; The Log, 1934-1941; The Pilot's Log, 1942-1989; the Spinning Wheel, Wheel, 1967-1999; and Home Office Bulletins, 1936-1953. These company publications are
company newsleteters or house organs. The first ever company publication, besides
an annual report, was The New England Pilot and it's successor The Pilot's Log, first published in 1915. The New England Pilot was the company journal with employees, especially field employees, as its intended
audience. The journal was published monthly or bimonthly and contained bulletins for
agents, insurance industry news, personal employee news and updates, company history
and sales tips. The second publication run by New England Mutual was The Log. This newsletter began in 1934 and contained more statistical information by nature.
The Log and The New England Pilot were merged in 1941 and became The Pilot's Log. The Spinning Wheel was a home office news sheet that later became the Wheel. First published in 1949, the Wheel was a biweekly newsletter for home office employees that featured personal news,
family affairs and events. Over the years it gradually shifted towards featuring company
news articles about employees, company initiatives, corporate training sessions and
a calendar of events. Certain issues of the Wheel are located in oversized boxes.

Also included in this series are cartoon advertisements and wall calendars. The cartoon
advertisements were produced for New England Mutual by Rowland B. Wilson between 1968
and 1984. The advertisements depict humorous scenes of people that might need insurance.
The wall calendars produced between 1881 and 1903 depict images of historic New England
and patriotic scenes including George Washington at Valley Forge, Salem witches, the
marriage of Priscilla and the Boston Massacre. The wall calendars are located in an
oversize box.

Box 13Wall calendars, 1881-1903

Box 2, Folder 7Advertising, circa 1950

Box 2, Folder 8Advertising, 1968

Box 12, Folder 2Advertising, 1969

Box 2, Folder 9Advertising, 1970

Box 2, Folder 10Advertising, 1971

Box 2, Folder 11Advertising, 1972

Box 2, Folder 12Advertising, 1973

Box 2, Folder 13Advertising, 1974

Box 2, Folder 14Advertising, 1975

Box 2, Folder 15Advertising, 1976

Box 2, Folder 16Advertising, 1977

Box 2, Folder 17Advertising, 1978

Box 2, Folder 18Advertising, 1979

Box 2, Folder 19Advertising, 1984

Box 2, Folder 20Home Office Bulletins, nos. 1-97, 1946-1947

Box 2, Folder 21Home Office Bulletins, nos. 98-120, 1948-1949

Box 3, Folder 1Home Office Bulletins, nos. 121-145, 1949-1951

Box 3, Folder 2Home Office Bulletins, nos. 146-172, 1942-1953

Box 23The New England Pilot 1-6, 1915-1921

Box 24The New England Pilot 7-13, 1921-1928

Box 25The New England Pilot 14-19, 1928-1934

Box 26The New England Pilot 20-26, 1934-1941

Box 27The Log, 1934-1941

Box 28The Pilot's Log, 1942-1947

Box 29The Pilot's Log, 1948-1952

Box 30The Pilot's Log, 1953-1957

Box 31The Pilot's Log, 1958-1961

Box 32The Pilot's Log, 1962-1965

Box 33The Pilot's Log, 1966-1968

Box 34The Pilot's Log, 1969-1971

Box 35The Pilot's Log, 1972-1974

Box 36The Pilot's Log, 1975-1978

Box 37The Pilot's Log, 1979-1983

Box 38The Pilot's Log, 1984-1989

Box 39The Spinning Wheel, 1949-1954

Box 39Wheel, 1955-1958

Box 12, Folder 3Wheel, 1959

Box 12, Folder 4Wheel, 1960

Box 12, Folder 5Wheel, 1961

Box 12, Folder 6Wheel, 1962

Box 12, Folder 7Wheel, 1963-1966

Box 3, Folder 3Wheel, January - June, 1967

Box 3, Folder 4Wheel, July - December 1967

Box 3, Folder 5Wheel, January - June, 1968

Box 3, Folder 6Wheel, July - December, 1968

Box 3, Folder 7Wheel, January - June, 1969

Box 3, Folder 8Wheel, July - December, 1969

Box 3, Folder 9Wheel, January - June, 1970

Box 3, Folder 10Wheel, July - December, 1970

Box 4, Folder 1Wheel, July - December, 1971

Box 4, Folder 2Wheel, January - June, 1971

Box 4, Folder 3Wheel, January - June, 1972

Box 4, Folder 4Wheel, January - December, 1972

Box 4, Folder 5Wheel, January - June, 1973

Box 4, Folder 6Wheel, July - December, 1973

Box 4, Folder 7Wheel, January - June, 1974

Box 4, Folder 8Wheel, July - December, 1974

Box 5, Folder 1Wheel, January - June 1975

Box 5, Folder 2Wheel, July - December, 1975

Box 5, Folder 3Wheel, January - June, 1976

Box 5, Folder 4Wheel, July - December, 1976

Box 5, Folder 5Wheel, January - June, 1977

Box 5, Folder 6Wheel, July - December, 1977

Box 5, Folder 7Wheel, January - June 1978

Box 5, Folder 8Wheel, July - December 1978

Box 6, Folder 1Wheel, January - June, 1979

Box 6, Folder 2Wheel, July - December, 1979

Box 6, Folder 3Wheel, January - June, 1980

Box 6, Folder 4Wheel, July - December, 1980

Box 6, Folder 5Wheel, January - June 1981

Box 6, Folder 6Wheel, July - December 1981

Box 6, Folder 7Wheel, January - June, 1982

Box 6, Folder 8Wheel, July - December, 1982

Box 7, Folder 1Wheel, February - December, 1983

Box 7, Folder 2Wheel, June - August, 1984

Box 7, Folder 3Wheel, September - December, 1984

Box 8, Folder 1Wheel, 1985

Box 8, Folder 2Wheel, 1986

Box 8, Folder 3Wheel, 1987

Box 9, Folder 1Wheel, 1988

Box 9, Folder 2Wheel, 1989

Box 9, Folder 3Wheel, 1990

Box 10, Folder 1Wheel, 1991

Box 10, Folder 2Wheel, 1992

Box 10, Folder 3Wheel, 1993

Box 11, Folder 1Wheel, 1994

Box 11, Folder 2Wheel, 1995

Box 11, Folder 3Wheel, 1996

Box 11, Folder 4Wheel, January - April 1997

Box 7, Folder 3Wheel, May - September, 1997

Box 7, Folder 4Wheel, October - December, 1997

Box 7, Folder 5Wheel, January - July, 1998

Box 7, Folder 6Wheel, July - December, 1998

Box 7, Folder 7Wheel, January - July, 1999

Box 7, Folder 8Wheel, July - December 23, 1999

Series VI. Photographs

Scope and Contents: This series includes four panorama photographs taken between 1922 and 1937 and two
miscellaneous photographs showing the Medical Underwriting Department and a life insurance
display. The photographs depict alumni of Harvard Business School and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity members between 1932 and 1937.